The Atherton House is a family compound for a professional couple in the tech industry, and their two teenage children. After living in Singapore, then Hong Kong, and building homes there, they looked forward to continuing their search for a new place to start a life and set down roots. The site is located on Atherton Avenue on a flat, 1 acre lot. The neighboring lots are of a similar size, and are filled with mature planting and gardens. The brief on this site was to create a house that would comfortably accommodate the busy lives of each of the family members, as well as provide opportunities for wonder and awe. Views on the site are internal. Our goal was to create an indoor- outdoor home that embraced the benign California climate. The building was conceived as a classic “H” plan with two wings attached by a double height entertaining space. The “H” shape allows for alcoves of the yard to be embraced by the mass of the building, creating different types of exterior space. The two wings of the home provide some sense of enclosure and privacy along the side property lines. The south wing contains three bedroom suites at the second level, as well as laundry. At the first level there is a guest suite facing east, powder room and a Library facing west. The north wing is entirely given over to the Primary suite at the top level, including the main bedroom, dressing and bathroom. The bedroom opens out to a roof terrace to the west, overlooking a pool and courtyard below. At the ground floor, the north wing contains the family room, kitchen and dining room. The family room and dining room each have pocketing sliding glass doors that dissolve the boundary between inside and outside. Connecting the wings is a double high living space meant to be comfortable, delightful and awe-inspiring. A custom fabricated two story circular stair of steel and glass connects the upper level to the main level, and down to the basement “lounge” below. An acrylic and steel bridge begins near one end of the stair landing and flies 40 feet to the children’s bedroom wing. People going about their day moving through the stair and bridge become both observed and observer. The front (EAST) wall is the all important receiving place for guests and family alike. There the interplay between yin and yang, weathering steel and the mature olive tree, empower the entrance. Most other materials are white and pure. The mechanical systems are efficiently combined hydronic heating and cooling, with no forced air required.

Melissa Oholendt
ミネアポリスにある広いモダンスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、カーペット敷き、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、白い床) の写真

Peter Taylor
ブリスベンにあるラグジュアリーな広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、大理石の床、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、テレビなし、白い床) の写真

フェニックスにあるラグジュアリーな中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、横長型暖炉、大理石の床、石材の暖炉まわり、テレビなし、白い床) の写真

Bighorn Palm Desert modern home living room with wine display. Photo by William MacCollum.
ロサンゼルスにある広いモダンスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、磁器タイルの床、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、テレビなし、白い床、折り上げ天井) の写真

Anna Stathaki
ロンドンにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれなリビング (グレーの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、石材の暖炉まわり、据え置き型テレビ、白い床、標準型暖炉) の写真

他の地域にあるお手頃価格の中くらいなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、カーペット敷き、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、白い床) の写真

ロサンゼルスにあるラグジュアリーな広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、ライムストーンの床、横長型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、白い床) の写真

オースティンにある広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、白い床、テレビなし、ガラス張り) の写真

Nick Bowers Photography
シドニーにあるラグジュアリーな小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、標準型暖炉、テレビなし、ライムストーンの床、白い床、石材の暖炉まわり) の写真

グランドラピッズにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (グレーの壁、磁器タイルの床、横長型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、白い床) の写真

Fully integrated Signature Estate featuring Creston controls and Crestron panelized lighting, and Crestron motorized shades and draperies, whole-house audio and video, HVAC, voice and video communication atboth both the front door and gate. Modern, warm, and clean-line design, with total custom details and finishes. The front includes a serene and impressive atrium foyer with two-story floor to ceiling glass walls and multi-level fire/water fountains on either side of the grand bronze aluminum pivot entry door. Elegant extra-large 47'' imported white porcelain tile runs seamlessly to the rear exterior pool deck, and a dark stained oak wood is found on the stairway treads and second floor. The great room has an incredible Neolith onyx wall and see-through linear gas fireplace and is appointed perfectly for views of the zero edge pool and waterway. The center spine stainless steel staircase has a smoked glass railing and wood handrail. Photo courtesy Royal Palm Properties

A local family business, Centennial Timber Frames started in a garage and has been in creating timber frames since 1988, with a crew of craftsmen dedicated to the art of mortise and tenon joinery.

中くらいなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれな応接間 (白い壁、塗装フローリング、標準型暖炉、白い床、石材の暖炉まわり) の写真

オーランドにある広いトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (グレーの壁、磁器タイルの床、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、テレビなし、白い床) の写真

Interior design by Vikki Leftwich, furniture from Villa Vici
ニューオリンズにあるラグジュアリーな中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、塗装フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、白い床) の写真

マイアミにあるお手頃価格の広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (グレーの壁、磁器タイルの床、両方向型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、埋込式メディアウォール、白い床) の写真

Marble wall with built in fireplace and recess 85'' TV in wall
マイアミにある広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、大理石の床、横長型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、テレビなし、白い床) の写真

デンバーにある高級な小さなヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれなリビング (ベージュの壁、カーペット敷き、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、テレビなし、白い床) の写真